R U O F A N      C H E N

Education 

 

Royal College of Art, London, UK 2019 - 2021 

School of Visual Arts,New York, USA 2015 - 2019 

Affiliated High School To China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China 2012 - 2015 

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

“shelter”, Shanghai, China (2024)

“Time moves with merciful slowness” at Gallery Func, Shanghai, China(2023)

‘White Peach' at Powerlong Art Center, Xiamen, China (2020)

'Property of Neutral' at Paper Gallery, Manchester, UK (2020)

 

Group Exhibitions

 

“Encoding Phenology” at Beijing Times Art Museum, Beijing, China (2024)

“·Super Community” at TANK Shanghai, Shanghai, China(2024)

“Incarnation” at Song Art museum, Beijing, China(2024)

2024 K11Art Foundation x ArtReview Art Residency, Wuhan, China(2024)

“Ode to the Unexpected” at Madein Gallery, Shanghai, China(2024)

Artist Residency at The Arctic Hideaway Fleinveer, Bods, NORWAY(2023)

“What Happened after Nora left?” at United Art Centre, Beijing, China(2024)

“Whispers of the Forgotten” at Xintiandi x UCCA, Shanghai, China(2023)

“Sculpture vibes cutting through (in) accessible sites” at Grabity Art Museum, Beijing, China(2023)

“Aranya plein air art project” at Aranya Art Center Jinshanling, Hebei, China(2023)

Artist Residency at Aranya Art Center, Hebei, China(2023)

“Non-Proxy Lyric” at East Gallery, Nanjing, China (2023)

“8 Chinese artist during Frieze” at Gallery Rosenfeld, London, UK (2022)

“Romantic Street Dance” at Gene Gallery, Shanghai, China (2022)

“Light Palette through time and space” at Caochangdi, Beijing, China (2022)

‘Media Art; reinterpreted time’ at Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (2021)

‘PROXY’ at Cromwell Place, London, UK (2021)

‘Low Fever’ at Tang Contemporary Art, Hong-Kong, China (2021)

‘Tangle of Revolution and Political Soil’ at SGA Gallery, Shanghai, China (2021)

‘BAGT Artworks Open’ at Barbican Arts Group Trust, London, UK (2021)

‘Ocean 2.0’ at SlimeEngine, China (2021)

‘Impossible Art Formula’ at UniArts Network, China (2021)

‘Before Rejuvenation’ at Coutts Art Center, Shanghai, China (2021)

‘The 195th RSA Annual Exhibition 2021’ at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK (2021)

‘Carry-On’ at Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, China (2021)

‘SHRINE Group Show’ at SHRINE, New York, USA (2021)

‘Beyond Imagination’ at Baobei House, Hangzhou, China (2021)

‘Phase Transition’ at West Bund Art Center, Shanghai, China (2020)

‘36th Annual Open Exhibition’ at Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK (2020)

‘Zai?’ at Enjoy Museum of Art, Beijing, China (2020)

‘Wander’ at ZHIYE Art Museum, Xi’an, China (2020)

‘Unbounded Group Exhibition’ at Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Xiamen, China (2020)

‘The Intermission’ at Issuing Gallery, Shenzhen, China (2020)

'Feed Your Demons and Meet the Ally' at ONE Project, London, UK (2020) 

'Social Distance' at The Royal Society of American Art in New York, USA (2020) 

'Beyond the Fence' at Wells Projects, London, UK (2020) 

'Counter Point' at Courtyard Gallery RCA, London, UK (2020) 

'Dream' at Grapevine, London, UK (2020) 

'Tumbleweed & Walking People' at No Space, London (2020) 

'Anthropologio' at Gallery Art Number 23, Athens, Greece (2020) 

'Seen Forms' at HYB4 Galerie, Prague, Czech Republic (2020) 

'WIP' at Royal College of Art, London, UK (2020) 

'Open' at Deptford Does Art, London, UK (2019) 

'Vicious Circle' at Gallery Art Number 23, London, UK (2019) 

'Rechewing' at RCA Dyson Gallery, London, UK (2019) 

'Light' at SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, USA (2019) 

'Liminality' at SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, USA (2019) 

'Silence' at School of Visual Arts, New York, USA (2019) 

'Eight Year Anniversary Exhibition' at Dacia Gallery, New York, USA (2018) 

'Alumni Retrospect Exhibition of CAA' at China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China (2017) 

 

Honors 

 

“ranran” Young Artist Prize by UCCA x XINTIANDI, Shanghai, China(2023)

Shortlisted by Royal Academy Summer exhibition2023, London, UK(2023)

Shortlisted by New Contemporaries, London, UK(2022)

Honor award of Galerie Biesenbach ‘ART MATTERS 2’ in Cologne, Germany (2020)

Nominated for International Sculpture Center Outstanding Student Achievement in 'Contemporary Sculpture Award', New York, USA (2019) 

Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts in School  of Visual Arts, New York, USA (2019) 

Selected in 'Annual 20/20 Catalog' in School of Visual Arts, New York, USA (2019) 

 

 

Public Collections 

 

K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong

X museum, China

Longlati Foundation, China

Powerlong Art Center, China

Yuan Art Foundation,China

China Academy of Art, China